$60 per person

Take a stroll to Red Rocks for the exceptional opportunity to feed the Zoo's "gentle giants," our reticulated giraffes. Marvel up close at their long eyelashes and watch the giraffe’s masterful tongue grasp a leafy branch or piece of lettuce right from your hand! You’ll learn about their behavior and diet — and find out why their necks are so amazingly long.

These tours are seasonally conducted outdoors. Please be prepared for weather conditions. Closed-toed shoes are required.

• Number of Guests: Minimum of two; maximum of 10
  
• Duration: 45 minutes
• Age Requirements: Ages 5 and up

Please note that while all of The Zoo's public spaces and guest amenities are fully accessible, some of the behind-the-scenes areas visited through our tour program may not be.
The Gentle Giants tour is a fully accessible tour. If there are any physical, cognitive or behavioral considerations within your group, please call the Tours Department at (314) 646-4840 so our staff can be prepared to make appropriate accommodations.

$55 per person

This behind-the-scenes tour of the Charles H. Hoessle Herpetarium offers an up-close look at our vast collections of snakes, lizards, turtles and tortoises — as well as amphibians and crocodilians. Learn about safety protocols, snake antivenin and keeper tools. Then, challenge yourself to reach out and touch one of your new amphibian or reptile friends!

• Number of Guests: Minimum of two; maximum of six
• Duration: 45 minutes
• Age Requirements: Ages 8 and up

Please note that while all of The Zoo's public spaces and guest amenities are fully accessible, some of the behind-the-scenes areas visited through our tour program may not be.
The Reptile Rendezvous tour is not an accessible tour.

$100 per person

Go behind the scenes and meet the elusive South American creature that sleeps half the day away! You’ll be schooled on all-things-sloth by the keepers who care for them as you take a special peek into their laid-back habitat. Also in store? Sloth snack time! Closed-toe shoes required.

• Number of Guests: Maximum of two guests
• Duration: 30 minutes
• Age Requirements: Ages 5 and up

Please note that while all of The Zoo's public spaces and guest amenities are fully accessible, some of the behind-the-scenes areas visited through our tour program may not be.
The Sloth Slowdown tour is not an accessible tour.

$65 per person

This visit to the Charles H. Hoessle Herpetarium takes you into the heart of tortoise territory. Some of these slow-moving reptiles weigh up to 600 pounds, so bring your camera for substantial photo opportunities!

Guests must be able to walk downhill on uneven terrain in the tortoise habitat. These tours are conducted seasonally, outdoors. Please be prepared for weather. Closed-toed shoes are required.

• Number of Guests: Minimum of two; maximum of four
• Duration: 45 minutes
• Age Requirements: Ages 8 and up

Please note that while all of our public spaces and guest amenities are fully accessible, some of the behind-the-scenes areas visited through our tour program may not be.
The Tour de Tortoise tour is not an accessible tour.

$175 per person

Join us for an "a-RAY-zing" dip in the stingray habitat at Stingrays at Caribbean Cove! Interact with our aquatic friends and learn ways we can help them in the wild. You will gently walk to the middle of the pool, sit on a stool, and let our rays come to you! The rays will find this experience as enriching as you do – in fact, you’ll be a part of their daily enrichment session.

Water shoes will be provided. Please wear (and plan on getting wet) a T-shirt, khaki or jean shorts, and closed-toe shoes. Swimsuits are fine but we require shorts and shirts over them. We will provide a shirt. There is a changing room on-site for you to change into dry clothes after your experience. Bring a bottle of water, a camera, and get ready to Wade with the Rays!*

*Pool experience is at keeper’s discretion.

• Number of guests: Minimum of one; maximum of two
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Age Requirements: Ages 14 and up
• (Guests who are under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a paid adult.)

Please note that while all of The Zoo's public spaces and guest amenities are fully accessible, some of the behind-the-scenes areas visited through our tour program may not be.
The Wade with the Rays tour is not an accessible tour. If there are any physical, cognitive or behavioral considerations within your group, please contact our Education Department so our staff can be prepared to make appropriate accommodations: (314) 646-4533 or dultz@stlzoo.org.

$90 per person

Let us introduce you to the third-largest land animal in the world! Learn about the hippo’s unusual ability to adapt to the harshest of environments and hear stories from our zookeepers about the care and feeding of these unique African herbivores. You’ll even get the chance to toss snacks into a hippo’s supercolossal mouth.

Pictures and videos are not permitted during the behind-the-scenes portions of this tour.

• Number of Guests: Minimum of two; maximum of six
• Duration: 45 minutes
• Age Requirements: Ages 8 and up

Please note that while all of The Zoo's public spaces and guest amenities are fully accessible, some of the behind-the-scenes areas visited through our tour program may not be.
The Hippo Howdy tour is not an accessible tour.